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Glendale’s Midwestern University gets approval to distribute COVID vaccines

Campus preparing now for upcoming service

Posted 1/19/21

Maricopa County has approved Midwestern University’s application to be a public health partner with the local municipalities as a COVID-19 vaccine Point of Distribution (POD) on the Glendale campus, 19555 N. 59th Ave.

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COVID-19

Glendale’s Midwestern University gets approval to distribute COVID vaccines

Campus preparing now for upcoming service

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Maricopa County has approved Midwestern University’s application to be a public health partner with the local municipalities as a COVID-19 vaccine Point of Distribution on the Glendale campus, 19555 N. 59th Ave.

Midwestern is preparing infrastructure and logistics for storing and providing vaccines authorized under the Food and Drug Administration’s Emergency Use Authorization according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention phased rollout for COVID-19 vaccines in the county.

The Glendale campus is establishing a cold chain storage process following CDC and local health protocols to handle the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines that have been approved. The storage and handling requirements for COVID-19 vaccine products will vary in temperature from refrigerated (2°C to 8°C) to frozen (-15°C to -25°C) to ultra-cold (-60°C to -80°C).

Once the vaccines are made available to the university, Midwestern’s Multispecialty Clinic will serve as a POD for community vaccinations.

University volunteers are already gaining experience in patient intake, vaccine preparation, and administration at other POD sites around the country.

Details about how to receive a COVID-19 vaccine at the Midwestern Multispecialty Clinic will be available soon. Visit http://www.mwuclinics.com for updates.